EMYSystem Species Page: Trachemys decussata (North Antillean Slider)

EMYSystem Species Page: Trachemys decussata

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Order Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)

Family Emydidae (Pond Turtles)

Subfamily Deirochelyinae ()

Genus Trachemys (Slider Turtles)

Species Trachemys decussata (North Antillean Slider)

range of species Trachemys decussata

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	Original Description	Gray 1831b : 28
	Type Locality	"America Boreali"; "West Indies" according to Mertens and Wermuth (1961:160)
	Holotype	BMNH 1947.3.4.79
	Original name	Emys decussata
	Common name	North Antillean Slider
	Distribution	Cuba and Isla de Pinos (= Juventud); possibly introduced on Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands
	Comments	Reviewed by Seidel (1988) and Schwartz and Henderson (1991). Pseudemys granti Barbour and Carr (1941:59) is synonymous with T. d. angusta (see Seidel and Adkins, 1987), and P. d. plana Barbour and Carr (1940:405) is synonymous with T. d. decussata according to Seidel (1988). Also includes Emys rugosa Cocteau and Bibron (1843:17) according to Seidel (1988; among others).

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